Applying Lean Manufacturing Principles to Revolutionize Cubrside Equipment and Collection Processes

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Smith ◽  
P. Judson Johnston ◽  
Joshua D. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Material Flow ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Production Flow ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Collection Process ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Similar Vein ◽  
Environmentally Conscious Design

The application of lean manufacturing principles has improved the production flow of manufacturing companies across the globe. In a similar vein, environmentally conscious design has been an increasingly important avenue of research which similarly seeks to reduce waste and thereby mitigate environmental impact. An analysis of the curbside municipal solid waste (MSW) and recycling collection process from a lean manufacturing standpoint reveals numerous non-value added activities which can be eliminated or reduced and value-added activities which can be made more efficient. Environmental America Inc. (EAI) has proposed a collection process which will improve the overall material flow through the use of a collection vehicle specializing in the combined collection of raw waste and recyclable waste. This collection vehicle, combined with localized, low-impact material offloading facilities has the potential to revolutionize the curbside collection process. Our research supports this vision by configuring the truck layout and process operations, as discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals The Effect of Lean Manufacturing on the Financial Performance: Case of the Manufacturing Companies in South Lebanon

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Alaaraj ◽  
Ahmed Bakri
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
New Business ◽  
South Lebanon

Businesses have been trying to implement new business initiatives such as lean manufacturing to stay alive in the latest competitive market place. Such initiative concentrates on cost reduction by removing the non-value added activities to achieve better financial performance. This study examined the effect of lean manufacturing on financial performance from the perspective of managers in the industrial sector in South Lebanon. The methodology of this study was quantitative in which 152 self-administered questionnaires were distributed randomly among managers. The data was analyzed using SPSS software. Descriptive statistics were identified and proposed hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The results showed that lean manufacturing has a significant and positive effect on financial performance. Future studies are encouraged to expand the research to other regions in Lebanon over a longer time horizon and apply different quality improvement tools.

scholarly journals VALUE STREAM MAPPING (VSM) BASIC TRAINING TO INCREASE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIVITY

ICCD ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Zulfa Fitri Ikatrinasari ◽  
Kosasih Kosasih ◽  
Nico Alexander Vizano
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Value Stream ◽  
Industrial Productivity ◽  
A Company

Value stream mapping (VSM) is one of the tools in Iean manufacturing that can be used to improve the efficiency of a company. VSM can describe material flow and information flow from upstream to downstream, from suppliers to consumers. VSM can be used to identify waste through sorting each activity into value-added or non-value-added activities. VSM training that begins with providing understanding of the concept of lean manufacturing is expected to increase the ability of workers to improve and enhance the performance of their companies. This training gives good results, seen from the results of discussions and presentations of each group in a given case study

Value Stream Evaluation and Simulation to Improve Material Flow and Productivity

2014 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Vijaya Ramnath ◽  
Vishal Chandrasekhar ◽  
C. Elanchezhian ◽  
L. Bruce Selva Vinoth ◽  
K. Venkatraman
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Current System ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Value Stream ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
Future State ◽  
Increase In Productivity

The main objective of this paper is to improve the productivity of a carburetor production processes using lean manufacturing technique. The current system of the carburetor production process has been mapped using electronic Value Stream Mapping (eVSM) tool which is a lean manufacturing tool and the wastages in the current system are identified. Then future state was drawn by using eVSM tool which has an enhanced process ratio by decreasing maximum possible waste in the production process. The current and future state of the carburetor production has been created as model and simulated using Arena software. The simulation shows a significant decrease in Non-Value added time and production lead time, thereby indicating increase in productivity and better work flow in production processes.

scholarly journals Implementation of lean manufacturing techniques in the bakery industry in Medellin

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria del Rocio Quesada Castro ◽  
Juan Gregorio Arrieta Posada
Keyword(s):  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Organizational Productivity ◽  
Production Flow ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Bakery Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques ◽  
Social Importance

Abstract The bakery industry has great economic and social importance in the city of Medellin; most of the companies are small with high levels of informality, low value added and productivity. Lean Manufacturing has become one of the most popular paradigms of waste disposal in the industrial sector and services, with great benefits of their practice on the improvement of the quality and organizational productivity. This work evaluates the level of implementation of the lean manufacturing techniques in the micro and small enterprises in Medellin, in the food sector. It was using diagnostic and follow-up tools with questionnaire to the production chief, which include 9 techniques or tools, and a variable of administration that allow organizations to a guide, to improve the current conditions of productivity. The main results show that the outstanding Lean practices are: PokaYoke, Kaizen and visual factory. However, for which the sector is considered to be of world class, the practices must be strengthened: VSM (generation of value), JIT (Production Flow) and ADMON (Administration). In addition, organizations must increase sales least 139, 20% to increase the level of efficiency of the sector, without changing the number of employees.

scholarly journals Possible Chromatographie Effect of Liquid-Crystalline Permeation

1973 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1967-1968 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Helfrich
Keyword(s):  
Material Flow ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Permeation Rate ◽  
Flow Through

Permeation, i. e. material flow through cholesteric and smectic layers, may vary in speed for the components of a mixture. We derive qualitative formulas for the permeation rate of solute molecules in cholesterics as a function of their size. The possibility of a new kind of chromatography based on permeation in cholesterics or smectics is discussed.

scholarly journals Operations management body of knowledge and its relevance to manufacturing and service organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurandir Peinado ◽  
Alexandre Reis Graeml ◽  
Fernando Vianna
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
The Body ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Body Of Knowledge

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the differences in importance assigned by manufacturing or service organizations to topics related to operations management and its attendant body of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach The authors did this by cataloguing and analyzing vacancy announcements related to operations management, presented by manufacturing and services companies in major Brazilian human resources websites. Findings The results show that manufacturing companies primarily hire personnel with skills in routine process management, quality management, lean manufacturing, ergonomics and work organization. Service companies generally seek professionals with knowledge and experience in logistics, supply chain management and project management. Research limitations/implications This study presents some limitations that reduce the power of its conclusions. There is some degree of subjectivity in the interpretation of the contents of the analyzed ads. In order to reduce this problem, the authors who did the tabulation of data marked the situations for which there were some doubts about the classification, discussing them with the other author, until they reached a consensus on the best way to classify each one. Originality/value The discussion about the importance assigned by manufacturing and service companies to the topics of operations management is crucial for not only the results obtained, but also to stimulate the debate on topics that comprise or should comprise the body of knowledge of operations management, and the way they are incorporated into business practice. This provides an additional opportunity to reflect on the potential of operations management in supporting business managers now and in the future.

Analysis and Reduction of the Waste in the Work Process Using Time Study Analysis: A Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 660 ◽  
pp. 971-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Norzaim bin Che Ani ◽  
Siti Aisyah Binti Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Cycle Time ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Time Study ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Unit Of Work ◽  
Time Required ◽  
The Impact

Time study is the process of observation which concerned with the determination of the amount of time required to perform a unit of work involves of internal, external and machine time elements. Originally, time study was first starting to be used in Europe since 1760s in manufacturing fields. It is the flexible technique in lean manufacturing and suitable for a wide range of situations. Time study approach that enable of reducing or minimizing ‘non-value added activities’ in the process cycle time which contribute to bottleneck time. The impact on improving process cycle time for organization that it was increasing the productivity and reduce cost. This project paper focusing on time study at selected processes with bottleneck time and identify the possible root cause which was contribute to high time required to perform a unit of work.

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